backlighting

«backlighting» in Mova's school dictionary: Light placed behind something, like the light behind a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (backlighting)

meaning for a pupil

Light placed behind something, like the light behind a phone or laptop screen, or behind a person in a photo or play. tree →

sense in the lessons

In computing and photography lessons: screens use backlighting; in photos, backlighting makes outlines glow. Phrases: «screen backlighting», «keyboard backlighting».

examples

• Turn down the backlighting to save battery. tree →
• Backlighting made her hair glow in the photo. tree →
• The keyboard has backlighting for the dark. tree →
• Stage backlighting showed the dancers' shapes. tree →
• Strong backlighting can make faces look dark. tree →
• The old e-reader had no backlighting. tree →

note

Uncountable. Verb: backlight (backlit).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «backlighting» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.